Non-refillable bottle.



Patented Sept ll, 1900.

(Application filed May 8, 1800.

(No Model.)

IT E5555: I I /E TE I 6. @iiwfl 1 UNrrnD STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM C. OURTISS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 657,759, datedSeptember 11, 1900.

Application filed May 8,1900. Serial No. 15.959. (No model.)

' To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM G. CURTISS, a citizen of the United States,residing in Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Non-Refillable Bottles, ofwhich the following is a specification. 1

This invention relates to an improvement in bottles which after theyhave been filled can be neither emptied nor refilled without so farinjuring the necks of the bottles as to prevent their being used againin their original state or as perfect bottles, but which can be used forwhat they are worth for the reception of liquids.

The nature of the invention is fully de scribed below and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a central verticalsection of the neck and a portion of the body of the bottle before thesealing contrivance has been applied. Fig. 2 is a plan view of thesealing contrivance. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the washer removed. Fig. 5is a cross-section taken on line XfFig. 2. Fig. 6 is a central verticalsection of the upper portion of the bottle sealed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the neck, and A a portion of the body, of the bottle. Thethickened portion B of the neck is provided with an annular groove 0,and the inner side of this portion is formed with a coincident groove D,thus rendering the wall between said grooves comparatively thin.

E represents a plate or washer of thin material and of size and shape tofit into the groove D and not only rest on the shoulder b, which formsthe under side of the groove, but underlap the shoulder b, whichconstitutes the upper side of the groove. This washer is provided with acentral hole E and a radial passage or opening E, extending from saidhole to the periphery of the washer. By this means the washer, whichbeing adapted to fit in the groove D is necessarily greater in diameterthan the inside of the neck above the groove, can be contractedsufficiently to be inserted in the neck and allowed to expand when ithas been sprung into the groove.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the same.-

H represents a button or comparativelythick metallic block with itsupper surface substantially convex and its under side fiat, said buttonbeing of such a diameter as to slip easily into the neck of the bottle.From the under side of the button extends a central shank H, whichbroadens at its end into a head H. In practical operation the button isapplied to the washer by slipping its shank through the passage E intothe central hole B until the parts assume the position indicated inFigs. 2, 3, and 5. A stop per K is pushed into the neck below the grooveD, and the sealing contrivance is taken with the button above the washerand the thumb placed on the button and the whole thereby forced downinto the neck, the spring-plate E contracting sufficiently by means ofits construction to allow it to be pushed down as far as the groove D,into which it springs and rests, the position of the partsbeingindicated in Fig. 6.

To open this bottle, the portion above the grooves C D must be knockedoff in order to free the washer. The sealing mechanism is then removedand the cork drawn out in the ordinary manner. While the bottle is thussufficiently injured to make it impossible that it should be mistakenfor and used again as a new bottle, its usefulness as a receptacle forliquid or for the liquid which came in it is not destroyed, inasmuch asthe grooves G D make the break a comparatively-clean one.

The sealing contrivance can readily be pushed in by the thumb withoutthe use of any instrument. Should an attempt be made to remove the sealby boring, it would be unsuccessful, as the eifect would be to simplyrotate the button.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- In a non-refillable bottle, the neckprovided wit-h the coincident inner and outer grooves D, 0 formed nearthe upper end of the neck, the thickened portion B of the neck next andimmediately below said grooves, and the shoulder 1) extending inwardfrom the neck and forming a ledge next and below the inher grooveDwhereby the diameter of the passage below said groove is less than itsdiameter above it; thesolid button H provided with the shank of thebutton to be passed through the small central shank H and small head H";it, substantially as described.

and the flat, thin plate or Washer E provided with'the small centralhole E adapted to fit WILLIAM CURTISS loosely around said shank and theradial pas- Witnesses: sage E connecting said hole with the periph-HENRY W. WILLIAMS,

ery of the plate and sufficiently wide to allow A. N, BONNEY.

